TRAINING FOR THE TOP
BOXTEXT: Why you love hotel work
"Admittedly, there are the long, unsociable hours, and the pay isn't always great when you start, but you can travel all over the world - and get paid while you learn. In addition, your colleagues are always like-minded, friendly and happy people, so there's lots of fun to be had outside of shifts."
Mary Sivier, human resources manager, Sir Peter Michael Collection
BOXHEAD: Who can I work for?
Here's a selection of some of the companies you can work for. Log on for more details
BOXTEXT: The Internationals
www.accor.com
www.baglioni.com
www.cendant.com
www.choicehotelseurope.com
www.conradhotels.com
www.corinthiahotels.com
www.dorchestergrouphotels.com
www.fourseasons.com
www.glainternational.fr
www.hanoverinternational.com
www.hiltongroup.com
www.holiday-inn.co.uk
www.hyatt.com
www.ianschragerhotels.com
www.jumeirahinternational.com
www.jurysdoyle.com
www.kempinski.com
www.lemeridien.com
www.mandarinoriental.com
www.marriott.com
www.movenpick-hotels.com
www.orient-express.com
www.radissonedwardian.com
www.raffles.com
www.redcarnationhotels.com
www.roccofortehotels.com
www.sarova.com
www.solmelia.com
www.swissotel.com
www.rezidorsas.com
www.starwood.com
www.the-savoy-group.com
www.wyndham.com
The British
www.aliashotels.com
www.apexhotels.com
www.arorainternational.com
www.bealeshotels.com
www.bewleyshotels.com
www.bdlmanagement.co.uk
www.bourneleisuregroup.co.uk
www.boveycastle.com
www.brend-hotels.com
www.britanniahotels.com
www.british-trust-hotels.com
www.brook-hotels.co.uk
www.calcotmanor.co.uk
www.careysmanor.com
www.carltontower.com
www.cityinn.com
www.corushotels.com
www.deveregroupplc.co.uk
www.donningtonvalley.co.uk
www.edinburghinns.eu.com
www.elitehotels.co.uk
www.elizabethhotels.co.uk
www.elh.co.uk
www.englishrosehotels.co.uk
www.etontownhouse.com
www.exclusive.co.uk
www.feathers.uk.com
www.festival-inns.co.uk
www.firmdale.com
www.furlonghotels.co.uk
www.forestdale.com
www.four-pillars.co.uk
www.freedomglen.co.uk
www.fullershotels.com
www.grangehotels.com
www.gresham-hotels.com
www.handpicked.co.uk
www.hastingshotels.com
www.hatton-hotels.co.uk
www.headlandhotel.co.uk
www.heythroppark.co.uk
www.hotelduvin.com
www.jarvis.co.uk
www.kewgreen.co.uk
www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk
www.malmaison.com
www.marstonhotels.com
www.menzies-hotels.co.uk
www.millenniumhotels.com
www.mhhjobs.co.uk
www.myhotels.com
www.newforesthotels.co.uk
www.nichehotels.com
www.oldenglish.co.uk
www.paramount-hotels.co.uk
www.parkplaza.com
www.peelhotel.com
www.premierlodge.co.uk
www.prideofbritainhotels.com
www.queensmoat.co.uk
www.shirehotels.co.uk
www.shearingsholidays.com
www.splendidhotels.com
www.stmartinshotel.co.uk
www.swallow-hotels.com
www.thistlehotels.com
www.travelinn.co.uk
www.travelodge.co.uk
www.vonessenhotels.com
www.watergatebay.co.uk
www.whitbread.co.uk
www.wrensgroup.com
BOXTEXT: Salary Watch
There are few surprises in this table. Hotel salaries and jobs have been static for a while now, despite an upturn in the market, and this situation won't change overnight. Similarly, while most operators are optimistic about the economic year ahead, they are still tending to keep expenditure under a tight rein.
Reception managers are among the few who have bucked the national trend. The increase in their salary levels, however, has been spurred by a shortage of candidates.
